Chapter 273: Two Years of Cultivation Results, A Different Path from Old Liu (14,000)

The main campus of Kunyuan Academy comprises two parts.

One part is located in Kunyuan County, Daoyuan Prefecture, where one-third of the entire county belongs to Kunyuan Academy.

The remaining two-thirds of the county's land are allocated to Kunyuan Academy's subordinate colleges, government-owned public lands, and fiefdoms.

Within the academy itself, there is one Grotto-Heaven, two Blessed Lands, three Spirit Mountains, and sixteen Spirit Lakes.

The Kunyuan Grotto-Heaven has only one entrance, located at the main campus.

The two Blessed Lands are Lingxu Blessed Land and Chongguang Blessed Land.

All three Spirit Mountains rank among the top ten in the Nineteen Prefectures, and all the Spirit Lakes are among the top hundred.

According to Meng Kun's introduction, "We only have two Blessed Lands, three Spirit Mountains, and sixteen lakes because Kunyuan County is only so big. It's not that we couldn't cultivate more Blessed Lands, Spirit Mountains, or Spirit Lakes."

The Earth-Attunement school named things very practically: the Great Zhou's top-ranked Spirit Mountain was simply called Spirit Mountain, the second was Green Mountain, and the fourth-ranked Spirit Lake was called Green Water Lake.

Names were only changed during Emperor Wu's reign, as he enjoyed renaming mountains. For instance, he renamed the top-ranked mountain to Martial Spirit Mountain.

The lowest rank for a Doctoral Scholar of Canonical Studies at Kunyuan Academy's main campus was a fourth-rank official.

However, rules are made by people. Meng Kun, as a Vice Dean, first assigned Zhao Xing the position of Missionary Master and then made him concurrently serve as 'Director of Studies' for the Earth Treasury Branch.

This effectively made him Meng Kun's assistant as Vice Dean of the Earth Treasury Institute.

According to Great Zhou regulations, neither of these two concurrent positions required a fourth-rank official status. However, as Meng Kun's assistant Director of Studies, his treatment was equivalent to that of a Doctoral Scholar of Canonical Studies.

This allowed him to legitimately enjoy benefits such as studying ultimate-tier techniques and accessing sacred lands for enlightenment.

"The Earth Treasury Institute, Spirit Mountain Institute, Profound Earth Institute, Earth Palace Institute, and Kunyuan Institute are the academy's five major branches."

"As Vice Dean, I oversee the Earth Treasury Institute and the Lingxu Blessed Land," Meng Kun said. "Changqing is in the Earth Palace Institute; he's a Five Classics Doctoral Scholar and also oversees a Blessed Land."

Zhao Xing listened attentively. A Five Classics Doctoral Scholar was a higher rank among Doctoral Scholars of Canonical Studies, indicating Gu Changqing held a significant position in the Earth Palace Institute, while Meng Kun oversaw the Earth Treasury Institute.

This meant there would be no obstacles for him to learn ultimate-tier Earth Palace techniques and Earth Treasury techniques.

After all, these two were the authorities of their respective institutes.

"Changqing and I are both quite busy, with much to do at Lingxu Blessed Land," Meng Kun stated. "Your advanced studies will largely depend on yourself; we can only spare two or three days a month at most to guide you."

"Thank you, esteemed sirs; Chen An is deeply grateful," Zhao Xing replied with a bow.

The Earth-Attunement school operated this way: they were either working or on their way to work. Even high-ranking officials were rarely idle, especially during the reigns of Emperors Jing and Wu, when the Earth-Attunement school had even more responsibilities.

With wars being waged, territorial expansion wasn't simply about occupying land; rapidly developing new territories required deploying a large number of Earth-Attunement Agri-Officials.

The Earth-Attunement school also had close ties with the Artisans' Guild; many agricultural formations and mechanisms had to be primarily set up by Earth-Attunement Agri-Officials. They handled nearly 80% of the workload.

Furthermore, among military Agri-Officials, a greater number belonged to the Earth-Attunement school, as they were more enthusiastic about warfare. Chen Shijie, for example, was a devout follower of the Earth-Attunement school.

When Meng Kun and Gu Changqing said they were busy, it truly wasn't an excuse; they were genuinely occupied.

However, Zhao Xing wasn't concerned.

This was because learning Earth Palace techniques and Earth Treasury techniques didn't heavily rely on direct guidance from teachers.

The main reason was that both types of spells were 'sustained spells.'

For instance, once an Earth Palace technique was cast, it wouldn't dissipate for a long time.

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